Dear Parents and Carers,

Tarneit Rise Primary School Newsletter

Issue 11 26th July 2018

Safe parking around the school

We would like to remind all of our families to obey all parking signage, and remember as adults we

are role models for our children. We do not want to be giving them the wrong messages about safety,

or about the way we treat/speak to others. Please display kindness and consideration in all

interactions with others. We have also been concerned when we see parents/carers holding their

babies, rather than having them safely restrained in an appropriate car seat. Our children are so very

precious, and we must ensure their safety at all times. The staff car park is for staff only. Please do

not use the car park. Thank you.

Grandparents’ Day and Book Week

We have lots of things to look forward to this term including Grandparents’ Day on August 22nd.

Grandparents’ Day is a feature of our week long Book Week celebrations. On Grandparents’ Day we

are asking that children dress up as a character from a book. The day will start with an assembly and

parade of our costumes and then our grandparents will be invited into the classrooms for the next

hour. Children (and their grandparents) will be involved in special Book Week activities. We will have a

longer recess break on this day so grandparents can stay and eat with their grandchildren; we will

have a special toastie truck visiting and selling (pre-ordered) cheese toasties for children and their

grandparents. We are also having a Book Fair throughout this special Book Week. Children will be

visiting the book fair during their regular library classes leading up to Book Week and they will be able

to purchase books from the Book Fair before and after school between August 20 – 24. All

commission earned from the Book Fair sales will be spent on new books for our school library. Order

forms for cheese toasties and invitations to our grandparents will be coming out soon providing more

detail about this very special week.

2019 Enrolments

We have had a significant number of students enrol for 2019 and places are filling up fast. If you

have a child beginning school at Tarneit Rise Primary School next year, or know someone who does,

please ensure all enrolments are finalised by the end of August so we can accurately plan for 2019.

Thank you

Nadia and Sarah

Prep Community News

Welcome back to Term 3! We hope everyone had a relaxing break and that you are all raring to go for what promises

to be another exciting term!

Thank you to all of those who attended the Student Led Conferences last week. The students were very excited to

share their learning with their families. It was a great day and a wonderful celebration of student growth so far.

A letter was sent home at the beginning of this week stating the concepts that will be covered in the different

curriculum areas over the next five weeks. On this letter you will also find suggestions of what you can do at home to

support the learning.

We have a few upcoming dates for you to pencil into your diaries:

Pupil Free Day

We had a very productive day last Friday working on the school’s mission, vison, and values and the

Principles of Teaching and Learning. Staff looked at feedback that has been gathered from our

families, children and staff about the school values. We have finalised the school values and very close

to finalising the mission statement. We are still working on the vision statement of the school and

hope to have all of these completed soon, so we may share and celebrate as a whole school

community. We really thank all of our families that did provide input (at the beginning of the year)

about our values. Our final pupil free day for this year will be Monday August 13th. Staff will be

working on developing common assessment tasks and completing professional learning on inclusion

and disability.

Every Minute Counts

There is no safe number of days for missing school – each day a student misses puts them behind

and can affect their educational and social outcomes. Each missed day is associated with

progressively lower achievement in numeracy and literacy. We all want the best for the students at

Tarneit Rise Primary School so please support your child to be at school every day ready for learning.

Please note family holidays will be recorded as ‘unapproved’. We understand that family time is precious,

and so is school. Please book family holidays during the term breaks so you child has the best possible

opportunities to increase their learning. We have included the term holiday dates in this newsletter

so you can pre-plan or book any family holidays during the holidays.

Report Process feedback

We value your feedback. If you have any feedback to provide to us in regards to the School Reports or

the Student-led Conferences, we would like to hear from you. Please feel free to email us with any

Positives or Suggestions for Improvement that you have in regards to these two processes.

- Week 3, Friday 3rd of August the Preps will be celebrating 100 days of school. We will be having a pizza lunch on the day so please be sure to return the yellow notes ASAP.

- Week 5, Monday 13th of August will be a Pupil Free Day as teachers will be participating Professional Learning.

- In Week 6, we will be celebrating Book Week. On the Wednesday we will be dressing up as our favourite book characters and inviting the grandparents in the community to come into classrooms for the morning session. Please keep your eyes out for more information regarding this.

Thank you once again for all of your support. Have a fantastic week.

The Prep Teachers.

1/2 Community News

What a fantastic and busy start to term 3 we have had so far!

Firstly, the 1/2 team are very excited to have Mrs. Willcocks and Mr. Marley joining us as well as some new students! We welcome them all and look forward to having them in our 1/2 team! Secondly, we would like to congratulate the 1/2s on leading their student conferences. It was lovely to see the students’ enthusiasm and pride in displaying their learning and they thoroughly enjoyed having the opportunity to show their loved ones around their classroom environment.

On Monday, we were delighted to have a Koorie Engagement Support Officer (KESO) come to speak to us about Indigenous Australian history and culture.

The students immersed themselves in new language and later produced some fantastic writing about their experience for their Language Experience lesson. These pieces will be put up on display so please keep an eye out!

In the next few weeks we look forward to beginning our units, on Design and Technology, poetry and multiplication and division.

Thanks for your support,

The 1/2 Team

100 Days of Prep Celebration – Friday 3rd August

To mark 100 days of school, Prep students will celebrate this milestone with a fun-filled day. They will

decorate a class cake and be offered a piece to eat. A notice will be sent home this week outlining the

ingredients and an option to ‘opt out’ should you prefer for your child not to participate. Please note that if

teachers do not receive ‘opt-out’ notification by Wednesday 1st August, it will be assumed students can

eat.

Book Week Festivities – 20th to 24th August

The theme for Book Week this year is ‘Find Your Treasure’ and we have a week of exciting events planned.

It is however now time to begin thinking about your child’s costume for the Book Week Parade on

Wednesday 22nd August at 9am in the gym. Costumes need to relate to a character from a book and where

possible, students are asked to bring along their book clearly named. Parents and Carers are invited to

attend the parade. After the parade, grandparents will be invited back to the classroom to share in a

learning experience with their grandchild/ren. Following this, students will participate in rotational reading

activities on the day.

Thursday 23rd August is Book Swap Day. Students are encouraged to donate a book they love, but are

ready to pass on. They will be supported in class to write a book recommendation for the book that will be

placed with it at the book swap. Students may begin bringing in their book donation/s and pass these onto

their class teacher.

During Book Week, the school will host a ‘Book Fair’ in the library. Students and their parents will be able

to purchase books for home before and after school with all profits going toward purchases for the school.

If you happen to be available to assist with running the store, please contact the office.

Premiers’ Reading Challenge Update

We are so proud of every student at Tarneit Rise PS for working diligently toward completing the Premiers’

Reading Challenge and wish to take this opportunity to acknowledge their efforts. Over half of our students

have successfully completed the Challenge thus far, with many others so close to the finish line. Our target

of 100% of student completion is within reach! Given its overwhelming interest from families, we have

decided to continue ‘Story-time’ in the library on Friday mornings and look forward to continuing to see

you at 8:30am.

Congratulations to the following students who have completed the Challenge to date:

PA Purvi Marita Arosh Henil Gursumit Hunar Dev Uzma Ulfah

PB Samaaha Samara Qaima Gurneet Neil Vihaan Sejal Angel Avika

PC Aesha Mayan Tanay Kashvi Elizabeth Abdul Japjot Suryansh Paviter

PD Albatoul Meklit Alexandra Ray-Jah Bhumika Hridhaan Mason Nikhilesh Anurag

PE Taysir Gurkaran Jesvin Ariki Phoenix-Rose Elrohie Aslan Elijah

PF Betselot Svara Vyana Sia Agamveer Darpan Sajid Evaan Hooriya

PG Aarav Aarush Yaseen Thrinay Aadhya Aryan Aaryan Chaturnik Asad

Anmol Angad Felix Kirat Vraj Abdul

Abhay Zawwar

Onkar Midhuna Sahibdeep Wania Kavish Disha

Mashindo Shay Keya Mannat Guneet Ahjay

Agamjot Aadwik Mele Fazl Ishkirat Reya Mansher Laksha

Aayaan Harsith Karanjot

Suhani Amber Jenna Sakina Olivia

PH Nevaeh Naomi Raidh Noah Dhiren Jovan Raavi Diya Sreevalli Meet Inayat Sreenidhi Nehrial Chirag

PI Krishangi Diya Madylin Tu Sumukhi Atharv Sahib Jarius Hartej Esma Shaneya Muhammad Naksh Miekhe Rasik Gabrielle

12A Sanjay Prabhnoor Agamdeep Alaina John Dev

12B Maahir Sophie Shamanth Mishal Sanvi Sushmitha

12C Vishwa Srivanth Varsha Supraj Harsimar Yashseert

Top 3 readers to date: – Wow!

Sophie 12B – 92 books

Ishkirat PE – 82 books

Jenna PG – 72 books

Parent Volunteers Required

Mrs Parker in Prep B is seeking classroom support on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday mornings between 8:45am and 10am. Tasks will include working with students as well as administrative tasks. Please contact the office if you are available to assist on a somewhat regular basis e.g. every Tuesday morning.

Mrs Parker in Prep B is seeking a parent who is willing to come in weekly to complete tasks such as

sharpening pencils, laminating and tidying books. The timing is flexible here (minimum of ten

minutes). Please contact the office if you are available to assist.

On Thursday 16th August students will be participating in a Market Fresh incursion designed to teach students about the importance of eating fresh fruits and vegetables every day as part of a healthy balanced diet. For this incursion we need some parent helpers to work with the presenters to prepare the fruits and vegetables. The incursion will begin at 11:30am, however, we require parent helpers to arrive at 10:40am to begin the preparations. If you are interested in volunteering for this incursion please notify the office by Wednesday 8th August.

Performing Arts volunteers As the students begin their Performing Arts learning, we will start to plan for our end of year concert. I am looking for parents who may be able to assist with costumes, props and rehearsing with the students in term 4. If you are interested in helping, please leave your contact details on the contact sheet located at the office and I will be in touch closer to the time with more information. Thank you! Mrs. Ostyn Visual and Performing Arts Teacher

Staff Profiles

Ms Ryan – Prep G

What is or favourite colour? Yellow

What is your favourite season of the year and why? I like autumn the best as I

love seeing the bright orange leaves fall from the trees.

What is your favourite number and why? 23 because my birthday is the 23rd.

What is your favourite book and why? Namaste! By Diana Cohn. This book is

most special to me because I bought it in a book shop whilst travelling in Nepal.

What is your favourite food? Thai Green Curry

What do you love about your job? I love getting to know my students and

helping each student to achieve their goals. I love growing students’ minds

academically as well as socially. The best part about my day as a teacher is

listening to the kind, considerate and encouraging interactions among the

students in my class.

Ms Wale – French

What is or favourite colour? Green

What is your favourite season of the year and why? I love autumn because it is

warm and sunny during the day and cools off at night.

What is your favourite number and why? 26- It is my birthday and I also loved

being 26. Too bad I am not 26 anymore!

What is your favourite book and why? I love Dr. Seuss, especially the book Oh

the places you’ll go. It has the most inspirational and lovely message about

dreaming big and being brave enough to go out into the world.

What is your favourite food? Pizza

What do you love about your job? I love seeing students smile and feel proud of

what they have learned. It is so special to be able to be an influential part of a

young person’s childhood.

Introducing our school council representatives

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

Tuesday 31st July Notes for Pizza day to be returned – via classroom

Friday 3rd August Pizza Day & Prep 100 Days of school

Monday 13th August Student free day – children do not attend school

Thursday 16th August Market fresh incursion

20th – 24th August Book Week

Wednesday 22nd August Grandparents Day, Cheese toastie day & Book Week dress up day

Thursday 23rd August Book swap day

Friday 21st September Last day of term 2.30pm finish

SCHOOL TERM DATES

Term 3 2018 16th July – 21st Sept

Term 4 2018 8th October – 21st December

Term 1 2019 29th Jan – 5th April

Term 2 2019 23rd April – 28th June

Term 3 2019 15th July – 20th September

Term 4 2019 7th October – 20th December

Naomi Cash

What is your favourite colour? Blue.

What is your favourite season of the year and why? Spring, I love the warm weather, and seeing new flowers blossom.

What is your favourite number and why? 6, I have no idea why, but I have always been drawn to that number.

What is your favourite book and why? The Divergent series by Veronica Roth. It tells the story of a girl who doesn’t fit in, who ventures out to find who she really is, and who doesn’t conform just because society says so. It’s riveting, magical, heartbreaking, and keeps you on the edge of your seat.

What is your favourite food? Ramen.

What do you love about Tarneit Rise Primary School? I love the community, I love that Nevaeh enjoys coming to school, and that she has made so many friends.

What do you do for work? Function waitress.